Tagged with Healthcare

Pharma KPMG is committed to providing long-term support to public as well as private institutions as they tackle challenges and transform the way healthcare is provided. Alberto De Negri, partner of the healthcare practice, discusses his perspective about the Italian healthcare system and the challenges it is currently facing. What have…

Pharma The CEO of CzechInvest elaborates on the significance of the healthcare and life science industry for the Czech Republic’s transition into an industry 4.0. Furthermore, he reviews what the Czech Republic has to offer for foreign investors over its regional neighbors. Before assuming the position of CEO at CzechInvest you…

Pharma As an emerging leader in mobile health and provider of innovative health-technologies, Philips is poised to provide Italian healthcare institutions with solutions that could enable significant gains in efficiency. CEO of the Italian affiliate Stefano Folli discusses the healthcare sustainability challenges facing Italy, and explains how Philips technologies will be…

Pharma Roland Berger’s Patrick Biecheler discusses the French healthcare system, their role in offering specialized consultancy services to the pharmaceutical sector, and the digitalization of the healthcare industry.  Can you please start by giving us a brief overview of Roland Berger’s “Healthcare Competence Centre”, the rationale behind basing it in France,…

Pharma A physician sending off a quick update to a patient via smartphone; a medical caretaker receiving an alert message that a patient’s medical device requires immediate attention. These are no longer hypothetical ideas of healthcare in the distant future, but very real innovations currently being rolled out and integrated across…

Pharma AmCham Hungary, one of the largest American Chambers of Commerce in Central and Eastern Europe, discusses their advocacy efforts, particularly highlighting the chamber’s recently established Healthy Nation Policy Task Force and its aim to positively shape the current and future state of healthcare in Hungary. Can you please describe for…

Pharma Lyonbiopole was established in 2005 as a cluster designed to support the local business community focused on infectious diseases and microbiology. Philippe Archinard, the Biopole’s president, traces the evolution of the cluster over the last decade while underscoring the critical importance of transparency and collaboration between government, industry and academia.…

Pharma Mr Kimelfeld and Ms Labat run us through the exceptional history of Lyon and the region in the life sciences field, how Lyon is considered to be the birthplace of bio industries in France, and why life sciences will remain an economic driving force of the local economy. Could you…

Czech Republic A current lack of transparency in Czech healthcare spending is severely detrimental to all industry stakeholders. However, new synergies between the private and public sectors are helping to clear these murky waters.   The Czech Republic, with a population of about 10.5 million, is the third most populous country within Central…

Pharma Samsung is focused on the total digital transformation of medical services. It offers solutions in mobile health, hospital digitalization, and integrated medical and healthcare devices. The head of the healthcare and medical equipment division in Italy Dario Guido discusses how Samsung plans to catalyze a ‘digital transformation’ in Italian healthcare…

Pharma The general manager of IMS Health, Zsolt Szepesházi, explains how the current limitations of Hungary’s healthcare system have shifted the way that pharmaceutical companies approach the market, placing a much greater emphasis on value demonstration and patient-level data. You have been General Manager at IMS Health for 8 years. During…

Pharma Paolo Marcucci, President and CEO of Kedrion Biopharma, talks about the factors behind the company’s incredible growth and its commitment to doubling exports to the US. Furthermore, he talks about the challenges and opportunities the company encountered while supporting the national health system to become self-sufficient in plasma-collection and fractionation.…